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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[May 6, 1911. 
Snaring Trout. 
Port Chester, N. Y., April 24.— Editor Forest 
and Stream: The following clipping is from the 
Greenwich, Conn., Graphic, of April 22: 
There used to be good trout fishing over in Brothers’ 
Brook, the stream that runs through Brookridge and 
across Post road just east of Putnam Hill. It was 
hardly expected after the dry season of last year, when 
for several months the brook was entirely dry, and the 
bed being nothing more than dust, that this gamy fish 
could again be found there so soon. But a few days 
ago, a lady living over in that vicinity, saw some boys 
going along the brook with a good-sized basket. On 
their return a little later the basket seemed heavier, and 
she was curious to know what it contained. So on re¬ 
quest the boys raised the lid and displayed a quantity 
of as fine trout as are often caught hereabout, which 
they had taken from the brook. Their method of 
catching them was what they call snaring, a piece of 
wire being bent and fastened to a stick and held in the 
water in such way that as the trout passed along it 
came under the wire, which was quickly raised from the 
water, landing the fish. 
Is this kind of “fishing” permissible by law? 
Seems pretty tough on the trout, that after 
“scratching gravel” and dust all summer, they 
should be compelled to “loop the loop” as soon 
as they take a spring bath. 
Fey Fisherman. 
[Snaring is illegal. Rod-line-and-hook fishing 
is the only method permitted in Connecticut. 
The attention of the proper warden should be 
directed to the case mentioned.— Editor.] 
Planting Trout. 
Hendersonville, N. C., April 22.— Editor 
Forest and Stream: We made our usual spring 
planting of rainbow and brook trout a few days 
ago—about 25,000 in all—in this county; the 
United States Bureau of Fisheries again show¬ 
ing its interest in our mountain streams in sup¬ 
plying us with the fish. This regular planting 
of game fish is having good results, too, with 
the people living on the streams. They are 
taking an interest in the stocking with trout of 
the streams of our county. When these fish 
were planted, it was anything but pleasant 
weather, yet no man dodged it, and one drove 
ten miles in the rain to get fish to plant in an 
unstocked brook near his home. Wagons 
enough met the noon train, which brought the 
fish cans, to have handled one hundred thou¬ 
sand trout for planting. 
The spring has been a rather cold one, and 
the water too flush and cold for wading, yet I 
went to Green River on the 21st inst. with a 
friend, and as neither of us wears waders, we 
found it uncomfortably cold, and as it was flush, 
we caught no trout over nine inches in length. 
My experience has been that the- large trout 
feed deep in flush water in Green River, and 
the best sport with them is when the water is 
low. E. L. Ewbank. 
Gill Disease in Trout. 
New York, April 28.— Editor Forest and 
Stream: Can you inform me whether artificially- 
raised brook trout, which, from the fact that 
the gills show beyond the gill covers—are evi¬ 
dently not in the best of health—should be 
avoided as food? Are they so diseased as to 
be unwholesome? What is the disease and by 
what is it caused? 
I have met this condition frequently, when 
catching trout in waters which have been 
stocked with fair sized hatchery fish, and have 
wondered whether the trouble affected their 
edible qualities. Robert B. Lawrence. 
[It is generally believed that inflammation of 
the gills in hatchery trout is due to impure 
water, unsanitary ponds, improper feeding and 
similar causes. More or less progress has been 
made in curing this ailment by placing the 
affected trout in salt water, but we believe Mr. 
Lawrence has taken diseased fish from Long 
Island tidal streams, where they have free ac¬ 
cess to brackish and salt water, which should 
cure the inflammation, though it does not fol¬ 
low that they preferred the salt to the sweet 
water further upstream. 
Mr. Lawrence says he has not taken trout 
affected with a disease that has been noted in 
other waters, tumors appearing on their backs 
and sides, nor with the throat disease that re¬ 
sembles goitre. 
It would be interesting to hear from fish cul- 
turists on the subject, for although they deplore 
the lack of knowledge on fish diseases and their 
cures, they are in a position to advise as to the 
disposition of trout taken by anglers.—E ditor.] 
Aransas Pass Tarpon Club. 
Tarpon Inn, Port Aransas, Texas, April 29. 
—Editor Forest and Stream: The fifth annual 
angling tournament opened March 1 and will 
close Dec. 1, 1911. Membership in the club is 
open to amateur fishermen only, who have 
caught in the waters of Aransas Pass, on light 
tackle according to the rules of the club, a 
tarpon of not less than 4 feet 6 inches. 
A silver button will be presented to each 
angler landing a tarpon, the length of which 
shall be not less than 4 feet 6 inches, and a gold 
button for a tarpon 5 feet 6 inches long 
LIST OF CUPS, MEDALS AND PRIZES. 
Streeter tarpon medal for longest tarpon of season. 
Boschen gold medallion for longest tarpon of season, 
6 feet 9 inches or over. 
Houston Chronicle cup for the longest tarpon taken 
each season for three consecutive seasons (1910, 1911, 
1912). 
Jones cup for the most tarpon taken in any one day 
for three consecutive seasons (1910, 1911, 1912). Fish 
brought to gaff and released will be credited to angler. 
Hooper trophy for the two longest tarpon of season, 
over 6 feet 3 inches, by any one angler. 
Tilford Jones trophy for first tarpon of season over 
6 feet 5 inches. 
W. E. Jones prize for two largest jackfish of season, 
over 30 pounds. 
Berring cup for longest kingfish of season, over 47 
inches. 
Wilcox prize for longest tarpon of season, over 6 feet 
1 inch, taken by lady angler residing not less than fifty 
miles from Tarpon. 
Dilg cup for longest tarpon of season, over 5 feet 6 
inches, taken by lady angler during two consecutive 
seasons. 
Gay cup for longest silver button tarpon of season. 
Cotter cup for second longest silver button tarpon 
taken during the season. 
W. E. Jones cup for shortest tarpon of season, under 
32 inches. 
Murphy prize for last gold button tarpon of season. 
Open only to anglers who have not previously won a 
gold button. 
Vom Hofe prize for second longest tarpon of season, 
over 6 feet 6 inches. 
Streeter cup for longest tarpon of season by beginner. 
Mills prize for third longest tarpon of season. 
Boschen silver medallion for second two longest tarpon 
that come nearest winning the Hooper trophy. 
Hooper prize for heaviest jackfish of season, over 
30 pounds. 
Conroy prize for second shortest tarpon of season. 
Ashaway prizes for longest gold buttom tarpon of sea¬ 
son, for longest silver button tarpon of season, for tenth 
gold button tarpon of season, for fifth silver button 
tarpon of season, for longest tarpon of season by be¬ 
ginner, for second longest tarpon of season by beginner, 
for longest tarpon of season, for second longest tarpon 
of season. 
Keithly trophy for longest tarpon, over 6 feet 2 inches, 
before Sept. 1. 
Keller prize for the 100th targon of the season. 
Sweeney prize for longest tarpon of season by beginner. 
Hamilton prize for second longest tarpon of season. 
Houston Optical Co. prize for third longest tarpon 
of season. 
Block prizes for longest tarpon taken on July 4, for 
shortest tarpon taken on July 4, for longest tarpon taken 
on Labor Day, and for shortest tarpon taken on Labor 
Day. 
Sens prize for third largest gold button tarpon of sea¬ 
son. 
Levy prize for longest gold button tarpon taken by a 
lady. 
Cockrell prize for shortest tarpon of season taken by a 
lady. 
Boatmen’s Prizes—A cash prize of $25 will be given to 
the boatman of angler landing the longest Tarpon of 
season. 
A cash prize of $20 will be given to the boatman 
bringing in the most new members during season. 
J. E. Cotter, Sec’y and Treas. 
Anglers’ Club Tournament. 
New York, April 26.— Editor Forest and 
Stream: The annual tournament of the Anglers' 
Club of New York will be held at the club plat¬ 
form on the large lake in Central Park, May 11, 
12 and 13 next. The events will be as follows: 
Thursday afternoon, May 11, at 2 o’clock, 
bait-casting for distance, quarter-ounce weight, 
average of five casts to count, with two classes, 
130 feet and open; 3 o’clock, bait-casting for 
accuracy, quarter-ounce weight; 4 o'clock, fly¬ 
casting for distance, four-ounce rods, with two 
classes, 70 feet and open. 
Friday afternoon, May 12, at 2 o’clock, fly¬ 
casting for distance, five-ounce rods, with three 
classes, 70 feet, 85 feet and open; 3 o’clock, dry- 
fly casting for accuracy, delicacy and style, five- 
ounce rods; 4 o’clock, dry-fly casting for dis¬ 
tance, five-ounce rods, longest cast in five to 
count, limited to five minutes for each con¬ 
testant. 
Saturday morning at 9 o’clock, surf-casting 
for distance, 2j4-ounce weight, two-handed cast¬ 
ing, line to be linen and to lift a dead weight 
of twelve pounds one foot from ground, aver¬ 
age of five casts to count, with two classes, 200 
feet and open; 10 o’clock, bait-casting for dis¬ 
tance, half-ounce weight, average of five casts 
to count, with three classes, 150 feet, 175 feet 
and open; 11 o’clock, bait-casting for accuracy, 
half-ounce weight, contestant to be seated in 
a boat; 12 o’clock, fly-casting for distance, heavy 
rods, with three classes, 70 feet, 90 feet and 
open; 2 o’clock, salmon fly-casting. 
Suitable prizes will be given in each event, 
and the committee wishes it understood that 
each event will be started promptly at the time 
set. Any further information can be obtained 
from the chairman of the committee, John L. 
Kirk, 2 Rector street, New York city. 
There will be a separate class for professionals 
in the distance heavy fly and the half and two 
and a half ounce bait events, and the salmon 
event will be open to all and handicapped on 
the records of the contestants not on length of 
rods, as previously decided. All other events 
will be limited to amateurs only. 
Edward Farnham Todd. 
